Head of the gaming division of the company Microsoft Phil Spencer believes that the gaming industry lacks black professionals in leadership positions. The top manager spoke about this in a fresh interview with the portal Kotaku…
Back in the summer of this year, against the backdrop of protests and a socio-political crisis in the United States, many companies actively advocated support for the country’s black population. One of these, of course, was Microsoft… The management of the corporate giant has pledged to take very serious care of the working conditions for employees of color, and also to double the number of African Americans in senior management and leadership positions.
It is impossible to assess how well the promises correspond to reality, however Phil Spencer believes that the issue of racial inequality in Microsoft you cannot be silent – you need to actively talk about this problem, while at the same time looking for its solutions…
“The point that I think the industry as a whole, including our own team, should focus on is [возможность темнокожим занимать] leadership positions. Since the generation preceding ours, these issues were not concerned at all. Those people developed within the framework of the organization, and today there are many specialists like me working here. But our company doesn’t need people like me. We need a more racially diverse team, “Phil Spencer admits in an interview.
According to statistics about inclusiveness inside Microsoftrepresented by the company itself, at the moment in the American offices of the corporation black specialists occupy only 4.7% of the total number of employees. Since 2016, this figure has only grown by 1.1%…
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